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ATLANTA -- As the lowest remaining seed (No. 9) and the only team left from a mid-major conference (Missouri Valley), Wichita State, at least on paper, may have the most difficult route this weekend to a national championship.

LOS ANGELES -- A few years ago, Carl Hall told his mother that he was willing to risk his life to play basketball.Jackie Fields was understandably disturbed by the idea, because her sons heart condition, which prompted fainting spells, had disrupted his career shortly after high school.